【正文】 wo tickets?39。Cer tainl y, 39。Coul d I have those two t ickets pl ease ?39。Cer t ainly, 39。but they are for next Wednesday39。I mi ght as wel have them, 39。You m ust give up f ishing!39。 I t39。 But they don39。m not realy inter est ed in f ishing. I am only inter est ed i n sit ti ng in a boat and doi ng nothing at al ! Leson21 Mad or not ? 是不是瘋了？ Aer opl anes are sl owly dr ivi ng me mad. I li ve near an air por t and passing planes can be heard ni ght and day. The ai rport was bui lt duri ng the war , but for some r eason it could not be used t hen. Last year, however , it came int o use. Over a hundr ed peopl e must have been dr iven away f rom their homes by t he noi se. I am one of the f ew people l ef t. Someti mes I thi nk thi s house wi l be knocked down by a passi ng plane. I have ben of fer ed a large sum of m oney t o go away, but I am det er mi ned t o stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are pr obabl y ri ght . Lesson22 A glass envel ope 玻璃信封 My daughter , Jane, never dr eam ed of r ecei vi ng a l et ter f rom a gir l of her own age in Holl and. Last year , we wer e tr avel li ng acr oss t he Channel and Jane put a pi ece of paper wi t h her name and address on it int o a bott le. She thr ew the bott le into the sea. She never thought of i t again, but ten mont hs l ater, she received a l et ter fr om a gir l i n Hol land. Bot h gir ls wr i te t o each ot her r egul ar ly now. However , t hey have decided to use t he post of ice. Let ter s wil l cost a li t 1e more, but they wi l cer tai nl y t ravel f ast er . Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a l et ter fr om my sister yest er day. She l ives in Ni geri a. I n her let er , she said that she would e to Engl and next year . I f she es, she wi l get a sur pri se. We are now l ivi ng in a beauti ful new house i n t he count r y. Wor k on i t had begun bef ore my sister lef t. The house was pl et ed fi ve months ago. I n my let er, I tol d her t hat s he coul d stay wi th us. The house has many lar ge rooms and t her e is a lovel y garden. I t is a ver y modern house, so i t l ooks st range to some people. It must be the only moder n house i n t he di st ri ct. Leson24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸 I enter ed the hotel manager39。 50 and I f elt very upset .39。 I sai d, 39。s not t her e now.39。Everyone39。 he said. He star ted t o plain about this wi cked worl d but was i nter rupted by a knock at the door . A gi rl came i n and put an envel ope on his desk. I t contained amp。I f ound this out si de this gentl eman39。 she sai d. 39。 I sai d to the manager , 39。 lesson25 Do t he Engli sh speak Engl ish? 英國人講的是英 語嗎？ I ar ri ved in London at last . The rai lway stati on was big, black and dar k. I di d not know t he way t o m y hotel, so I asked a por ter. I not onl y spoke Engli sh ver y caref ul ly, but ver y clearl y as wel. The por ter, howe ver , coul d not understand me。I am a for ei gner ,39。You39。 he sai d. I wonder. I n England, each man speaks a dif fer ent l anguage. The Engli sh understand each other, but I don39。about 39。about39。 What ar e you doi ng ?39。 I39。 I answer ed. 39。s a new one. Do you li ke it ?39。 It39。 she sai d, 39。t i t upsi de down ?39。 No Parki ng39。t axi 39。Pi lat us Por t er 39。s f i r st passenger was a doct or who f l ew f r om Bi r m i ngham t o a l onel y vi l l age i n t he Wel sh m ount ai ns. Si nce t hen, Capt ai n Fawcet t has f l own passenger s t o m any unusual pl aces. Once he l anded on t he r oof of a bl ock of f l at s and on anot her occasi on, he l anded i n a deser t ed car par k. Capt ai n Fawcet t has j ust r ef used a st r ange r equest f r om a busi nessm an. Th e m an want ed t o f l y t o Rockal l , a l onel y i sl and i n t he At l ant i c Ocean, but Capt ai n Fawcet t di d not t ake hi m because t he t r i p was t o o danger ous. Lesson30 Foot bal l or pol o? 足 Lat er a neighbour t old m e about him. Everybody knows him. Hi s nam e is Per cy Butt ons. He cals at ever y house in t he st reet once a m ont h and always asks f or a meal and a gl ass of beer . Lesson 7 Too l ate 為時(shí)太晚 The pl ane was late and detecti ves wer e wait ing at t he ai rpor t al l m orning. They were expect ing a val uable pa r cel of diamond f rom Sout h Af ri ca. A few hour s ear li er, som eone had t ol d t he pol ice that thi eves would tr y to st eal t he di amonds. When t he plane ar r ived, some of the detecti ves wer e wai ti ng inside the m ai n buil ding whi le ot her s were wai ti ng on the ai rf ield. Two m en took t he par cel off t he plane and car ri ed it i nt o t he Cust oms House. Whi le t wo detecti ves wer e keepi ng guar d at the door, two others opened t he par cel . To thei r sur pr ise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的 Joe Sanders has t he most beaut if ul gar den i n our town. Nearl y ever ybody enter s for 39。 each year , but Joe wi ns every t i m e. Bil l Fri th39。s. Bi l wor ks har der t han Joe and gr ows more fl ower s and vegetables, but Joe39。 t ime. Fif teen mi nutes passed and then, at fi ve to twelve, the cl ock stopped. The bi g mi nut e hand di d not move. We wait ed and wait ed, but not hi ng happened. Suddenl y someone shout ed, 39。s two mi nut es past twel ve! The clock has st opped!39。s. Leson 11 O ne good t urn deserves anot her 禮尚往來 I was havi ng dinner at a r est aur ant when Har ry Steel e came in. Har ry wor ked in a lawyer39。2. To my surpr ise, he gave me the money im mediately. 39。 Har ry said, 39。 Lesson 12 Goodbye and good l uck 再見，一路順風(fēng) Our ncighbour, Captain Char les Al ison, wi l l sail f rom Port sm out h tom or row. We shal l meet hi m at the harbour ear ly in t he mor ni ng. He wil l be in hi s sm al l boat , Topsail. Tapsail i s a famous l it tl e boat . I t has sail ed acr oss t he Atl ant ic many ti mes. Captain Ali son wil l set out at eight o39。 Club. The Gr enw